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thegreekgeek

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Intoxicologist by night, Nerd also by night. And day.

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deshipu , to Random stuff
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What if there was a university-developed, EU-sponsored, open source reference implementation of an operating system for consumer devices, and all consumer devices sold in EU had to be compatible with it, in addition to optionally having their own operating system, developed by the manufacturer?

thegreekgeek ,
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@deshipu
Lol you dropped this \
@sng @mansr

thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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Why decided that it would be a good idea to remove the ability to open local HTML files on and where do they live.

thegreekgeek OP ,
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Just wanna talk to 'em.

fabionatali , to Linux
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Dear #HomeAutomation wizards, may I ask some guidance re smart light bulbs? Is #Wiz my best bet if I'm looking for something that can be managed via #HomeAssistant and that doesn't require a hub?

(RT welcome.)

#Linux

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@neil
I'd like to clarify some points here, there are 3 roles for devices on a ZigBee or Zwave network: Controllers (Hubs), repeaters, and endpoints. You only need 1 controller per network, most hardwired endpoint devices have repeater functionality (not all though: looking at you sengeled), and most controllers can be put into repeater mode if there's coverage issue that can't be fixed by using a smart bulb or socket.
@fabionatali

thegreekgeek ,
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@neil
Also! For an increased Partner Acceptance Factor, a ZigBee lighting network will let you directly bind the bulbs to devices like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RJ14FBS so in the event your network infrastructure goes down you're good as long as you've still got power.
@fabionatali

Solid_Snail , to Random stuff German
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!

thegreekgeek ,
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@Solid_Snail
Boo, they all sold by 2013.

deviantollam , to Random stuff
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In about 3rd or 4th grade, I can recall our class reading a book. It was a surreal almost Jules Verne like tale about a hidden society that lived on an island. I believe they were made up of families who had collectively decided to all go there and start anew. (And all the families renamed to letters of the alphabet... So Mr A, Mrs B etc. all the way up to T)

The island was a paradise somehow built up with steampunkish technology. The story is told by an outsider who wound up integrating into their society after, I believe, a shipwreck or cast away situation.

The island was named with a K, if I recall. Also a volcano was involved. (And, no, this wasn't The Mysterious Island novel)

Can anyone possibly hint at what this book was? All searches have turned up empty for me. Maybe one of you knew of this book back in the early 80s?

EDIT: looks like this was it! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twenty-One_Balloons

thegreekgeek ,
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@deviantollam
I READ THIS TOO! Didn't one family have a ballroom/dining room that had chairs that popped out of the floor? And one had bumper car chairs?

thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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DAE hate the new(ish) anti-piracy method or is it just me? It just seems so... Half-assed.

thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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So this is where I'll be working tonight.

thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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(🇺🇸EN) 850 4/6

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stepan , to Random stuff
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finally fixed crashing widgets. 🐛📱 :android:
A bug was causing a crash when adding a Nextcloud Notes, aCalendar or one of many more widgets to the home screen.

thegreekgeek ,
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@stepan
Didn't they get acquired by an analytics company a few years ago?

thegreekgeek ,
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@stepan
Ope they did: https://www.xda-developers.com/branch-acquires-nova-launcher-and-sesame-search/

KarenDorman , to sewing group
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Hey friends, does anyone know what either of these objects are?
(They were found in a deceased relative's jewelry box.)
Please boost for added eyes, thanks! 😊

@sewing

image/jpeg

thegreekgeek ,
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@KarenDorman
What does the lettering on the clip in the first picture say?
@sewing

fkamiah17 , to Random stuff
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WEEK 30: The State Troopers certainly brought plenty of ammo for the AR-15s with them to a student protest 🤬

thegreekgeek ,
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@John
Well the mags are loaded with something, you can see in the little cutout. Considering it's Texas it's a fair bet they're at least ball ammo.
@fkamiah17

thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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@activitypods Hey all, this looks super exciting but I can't seem to register an account. Did the writeup give it the ol' hug of death?

thegreekgeek OP ,
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@activitypods
Awesome, thanks! Can't wait to play around with this!

thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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Rip lol

https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/23/elon-musk-dead-at-52-misinformation-laws/

blogdiva , to Random stuff
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PEOPLE, I BEG YOU
post links directly to the source, don't use Apple News or Bitly or other links hijackers. if they decide to change the service or go out of business, we have lost link to the original source.

keep the web as open as possible. say no to link shorteners and traffic hijackers 👍🏾

thegreekgeek ,
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@blogdiva
If you're on Android and have F-droid installed TrianguloY has a slick little app that shows you information about the link. https://github.com/TrianguloY/UrlChecker

lori , to Random stuff
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Some time ago I floated a concept I called . I want to put this idea out there again. It's not a new or unique idea, but I really want to explain my thought process behind how I see it.

As I've posted a million times, search is irreparably broken. Finding solid information about a topic is harder and harder. I think the only way we can fix this is to go back to relying on human curation.

The Yahoo model (not unique to Yahoo, but it's a relatable example for people my age) was having a directory of websites based on topics. You go to the anime section, you get links to various anime websites. There wasn't an infinite slop of fake blog results.

Now, I know some directories like this still exist, or are being made, and I think that's great! But actually, , a name I pulled out of my ass just to get some people thinking about it, is kind of a misnomer. Because what I am proposing right now is NOT that. It's a little different. My guiding philosophy here is that if our goal was to build a New Yahoo, we are going to spend all day discussing the best way to code the site, the best way to run it, how to deal with submissions, etc...and right now the internet house is on fire. We can't be thinking of elaborate solutions, webrings vs wikis vs whatever, we need to be getting everything out of the burning building FIRST. We need to be gathering what resources we can while we can still try to find them, or still have them in our bookmarks, or still remember URLs.

So my proposal was, and still is, simple. Do you have a personal website? Or just anywhere you can share some links? Make a page full of links to resources for things you care about. Even better, include dead links if they can be accessed via Wayback, because a search engine sure as hell won't give you those, and information is information. Then link to other people's lists of links. And don't just link to their list of links, steal the links your list doesn't have yet. Redundancy is vital here because you don't want useful links to just be in one place or you have problems again if a site goes down. But it's still good to link to their lists in case they add new things later. Make a giant interconnected web of resources and get the word out in spaces you're in for those topics that you've got a wealth of information gathered, and encourage others to do the same. Basically like a decentralized webring in a way, where no one person has to be maintaining it.

My own page, where so far I've only been gathering useful PalmOS sites so far, is here as an example: https://d-shoot.net/resources.html

We can argue all day about how to make this kind of project, how to make a meta site that hosts all of these link archives or whatever. But right now we need to get our links out of the burning building that is the modern internet. That's the focus, and that's what I hope I can encourage more of you to do. And with this being fedi, I bet a lot of you already are doing this! And I bet the ones that aren't yet are sitting on a goldmine of actual usable information, and that's becoming more and more scarce. Let's get our information out there!

thegreekgeek ,
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@lori
I've been saying this since I first fully moved on here, we need some sort of federated delicious-esque bookmarking software as an add-on for the reddit type fediverse services.
@uliwitness

thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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Happy Birthday, weed.

thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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Yet-to-be-released SLS set 10341 spotted in Taipei airport - sh.itjust.works

https://sh.itjust.works/post/18043422

ainmosni , to Random stuff
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Hey, and bubble. I'm trying to find a way to detect that my phone is charging in the charger next to my bed. On android, the homeassistant app had a sensor that said "charging wirelessly", which I used for that, but the app doesn't seem to have that.

Anyone have any suggestions? Cheers.

thegreekgeek ,
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@ainmosni
Aquara door sensor with a car seat pressure sensor wired into the reed switch contacts is how I'm going to do it.
@rawspeech @mweiss

thegreekgeek ,
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@ainmosni
I know apple was talking about exposing the MagSafe UID as an automation trigger but I can't find anything on the internet about it aside from someone asking on r/apple if it's rolled out (it's not afaict).

sos , to Random stuff
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So, Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 systems and this is a disaster.

How can you push a tool that siphons data to a third party onto a security-critical system?

What privileges does it have upon install? Who thought this is a good idea? And most importantly, who needs this?

thegreekgeek ,
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@sos
That guy's got the jokes lol
@hazenet

Tutanota , to Privacy
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It's April already - time to check up on your 💪

In case it was choosing over Big Tech, here's what the Tuta community is recommending! 🔒

What are your favorite apps ⁉️

thegreekgeek ,
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@Tutanota
Y'all need in your life.

nhgeek , to Random stuff
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I have a need to monitor power consumption of a couple of devices that never should be turned off. I'd like to integrate this into home assistant. If I weren't concerned about things being turned off, I could use a cheap power monitoring smart plug, but these aren't suitable for this use case? Any cost effective ideas?

thegreekgeek ,
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@nhgeek
If you use a esphome based smart plug you can disable the relay controls. Otherwise a CT-clamp on the live wire if the guts are big enough for all that.

rudy , to Random stuff
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Trying to make my dumb 433Mhz wireless doorbell a little smarter.

First I thought I'd pick up the signal using a Sonoff RF bridge. Unfortunately it doesn't recognize the signal. I could flash custom firmware which should make it work, but that requires hardware hacking. I'm not really comfortable with that just yet.

Next I figured I could use a smart plug to monitor the power usage of the chime. Unfortunately I don't get even a small power spike when the doorbell rings.

thegreekgeek ,
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@rudy
You should be able to pick it up with a RTL-SDR. That was my plan until my GF brought her Ring. Then use Frenck's $2 doorbell tutorial to have it trigger the chime.

Edit: fat-fingered the post button instead of the clipboard button lol.
https://frenck.dev/diy-smart-doorbell-for-just-2-dollar/

zimpenfish , to Random stuff
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Just made send out a critical alert to my phone if the freezer gets too warm .. with the audio of "I'm melting" from The Wizard Of Oz.

I cannot stop laughing at how funny it is for my phone to be that dramatic.

thegreekgeek ,
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@zimpenfish
Aww, you didn't put the best part in! "ONLY A GOOD LITTLE GIRL LIKE YOU COULD DESTROY MY BEAUTIFUL WICKEDNESS!"

RSPB , to Random stuff
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Looks on proudly

thegreekgeek ,
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@RSPB
"Look Raymond, a Yellow-crested Warbler."

thoralf , to Random stuff
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The most recent update to @homeassistant 2024.4 cut the last lifeline to use my iPad Mini 4 as a wall mounted device because not only is the app not working anymore but the website is not loading anymore either.

Sadly, I do not see any alternative to right now. But I’m truly disappointed.

thegreekgeek ,
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@thoralf
I found a reddit thread from about a year ago with sort of the same issue, would this work possibly?
https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/xtl9wa/old_ipad_as_home_assistant_dashboard/iqqhn8s/
The docker container link is a bit further down.
@homeassistant

thegreekgeek ,
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@thoralf
Awesome! That's sick that it worked, I'll have to keep this in mind.
@homeassistant

gernot , to Random stuff German
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So far I used on a Raspi3 for all my "inofficial" stuff. Just ordered a to try out for that task…
Any advice? I also ordered the active cooler, but I am unsure if I want a fan… Is it only on if needed? That'd be ok. Also, power supply is a lot more reliable now with USB-C PD, and I can just use one of Ikeas new power supplies, even if I attach an SSD, right?

thegreekgeek ,
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@gernot
I'd go with a stock power supply myself, I've had too many issues with connecting third-party cables directly to the board. It looks like they haven't stopped those shenanigans with the 5 either, the stock PS delivers 27W @ 5V/5A which is... unique. You just need to make sure any perephrials aren't pulling too much power. I used a geekworm power management board for my main home assistant Pi 3b+ along with a powered USB hub for my radios and I've never had issues with that.

thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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How many flaming bags of dog poo do you think Microsoft deserves on their front porch?

rayckeith , to Random stuff
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https://www.tumblr.com/jackalgirl/746950270545739776

Screenshot of a reddit post with title "My ovulation tracker suddenly asked what state I live in", with flair "Burn the Patriarchy", in all caps. Post content follows It said telling them was required to continue using the app. The fuck it is. I deleted it immediately. Like I'm gonna risk police showing up to my door if I miss a month due to non-pregnancy reasons. Update: I just went to the tracker’s spot in the App Store to leave a review warning other potential users. According to the last few reviews that were written, I am NOT the first user since the last update who noticed and immediately deleted. I have no problem naming and shaming the app, but I'm unsure if it's allowed. If a moderator could let me know if I'm allowed to name the app or not, I'd really appreciate it! Edit #2: I've gotten permission to name the app as long as we don't go brigading. The app is called Ovia. Avoid it like the plague!
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    thegreekgeek ,
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    @rayckeith if anyone's interested, here's someone who rolled their own period tracker:

    https://www.alizaaufrichtig.com/period-tracker

    Unfortunately it relies on Google Sheets but hopefully this will be enough of a starting point for someone to adapt it to something that's not Google.

    dansup , to Random stuff
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    You know what would be iconic?

    A quarterly fediverse podcast hosted with @ariadne and yours truly.

    Imagine Trixie and Katya but instead of Drag Race, its fediverse focused.

    We'd have so much fun, it would be hilarious.

    Girl you know my number 💅

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @dansup

    @ariadne

    Edit: had to redo the picture, wasn't giffing lol

    ichderfisch , to Gaming
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    Reading this is nuts. Google changed its algorithm and websites are on the brink of death. This is what gatekeeping is doing.

    Hate to see it, as Retro Dodo is one of my favorite websites. I read their articles almost every day. I got their book and backed/preordered the upcoming two which might never be released now.

    If you are into Retrogaming or are interested in modern handhelds, consider bookmarking their website and supporting them.

    https://retrododo.com/google-is-killing-retro-dodo/

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @gregly
    We need a federated web directory, like a mix of del.icio.us and lemmy.
    @ichderfisch @eniko

    motoridersd , to Random stuff
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    Reddit is so cursed lately. Doesn't even work properly with a mobile browser.

    Not like I need to be feeding it any more content but I feel bad about users who don't know where else to go

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @motoridersd
    Crosspost to reddit? Make them come to us?

    stopcopcity , to Random stuff
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    This is the NYPD, marching in formation. This message was posted by a former NYPD officer who now is a representative. The police are the army of the rich. In order to heal the world's many woes, they will have to be toppled. Not just resisted, not just protested.

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @stopcopcity
    Not gonna lie this seems more in line with some two-bit dictator's masturbatory military parade than something that would take place in New York. Though that rep does look like a wankstain lol

    dansup , to Android
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    ICYMI: Pixelfed beta is on the Google Play Store.

    Join via link on our website!

    https://pixelfed.org/mobile-apps

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @toran
    I joined the beta and it already said it was installed so I think that's the current version.
    @dansup

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @dansup
    Ope!
    @toran

    Viss , to Random stuff
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    i was expecting something like this

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @Viss
    Here's hoping they keep an eye on how many people use it lol

    fernsehmuell , to Random stuff German
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    Hello people. Today i learned about rechargeable 2032 batteries. Can you recommend using them with devices like temperature/humidity sensors etc.? Are there chargers for all common cell sizes? I can google myself, i like to hear your stories.

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @fernsehmuell
    This is the first I'm hearing about them but a quick Google led to an r/batteries post and it looks like the LIR2032 delivers more voltage (3.6v vs 3v) while the ML2032 only has 65mAh capacity as opposed to the regular's 225mAh. So ymmv based on the requirements for the device.

    thegreekgeek , to Random stuff
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    Oh hell yes! The 2024.4 beta adds a device_id to the conversation trigger! Personal voice replies here we come!

    benjancewicz , to Random stuff
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    Would you rather have a Lexus or justice?
    A dream or some substance?

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @benjancewicz
    What about a Lexus of Justice?

    Edent , to Random stuff
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    🆕 blog! “Receive push notifications from your rice cooker”

    I have a lovely, and reasonably priced, Mini Panda Rice Cooker. It does not have any SmartHome features. You put in water and rice, press a button, it cooks rice. Nice! The only problem is - I don't know how long the rice will take to cook. It uses "Fuzzy Logic" to work out exactly […]

    👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/03/receive-push-notifications-from-your-rice-cooker/
    ⸻

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @Edent
    You don't even need a blueprint for this, it can be done with a threshold sensor and some template sensor logic. Detailed here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/my-coffee-machine/250740

    badnetmask , to Random stuff
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    Question to the community: if you have pets - any type, as long as it walks around the house by itself - are you able to have motion activated lights? If yes, would you mind sharing your "tricks"?

    Our 3 cats move a lot, and climb everywhere. It has been very hard for me to figure out how to make that happen with the minimal false positives as possible.

    And yes, I've been considering presence sensors as well, but they're bigger and bulkier than simple motion sensors.

    TIA.

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @badnetmask
    Yeah I think I was gonna do it via MQTT but that got pushed to the back burner.

    kaiserkiwi , to Random stuff
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    I still think automations in should be groupable.

    Folders, collections, tags. Whatever. At least give me an option to filter them quickly based on my metrics.

    The current filters are pretty useless once you have more than 20 automations.

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @kaiserkiwi
    Spoke to soon! Check the 2024.4 beta!

    Anachron , to Random stuff German
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    Anybody got the Bangle.js 2?

    https://shop.espruino.com/banglejs2

    I am thinking about getting one... would be my first smart watch (and my first watch since eternity).

    Mostly interested in the health feature and it's open source capabilities.

    If you have one, let me know how well it works and if you think its rather "gimmicky" or something to keep on using.

    thegreekgeek ,
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    @Anachron
    Hey you ever get this? Because I just did and it's awesome. It reminds me of my old pebble.

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